Is anything too hard for the Lord?
Genesis 18:14a
Many of you may know the story in the Old Testament—in Numbers, specifically—about Moses sending the 12 spies to check out the Promised Land. When they came back after 40 days, 10 of those guys spun a tale of the insurmountable obstacles ahead. They spread terror and woe among the Israelites, convincing the masses there was no way they could triumph. “We were like grasshoppers in our own sight,” they bemoaned.
And in that statement lay the problem.
They saw their circumstances, their enemies, and their hurdles through their own eyes. They failed to recall—despite the pillar of fire and smoke in front of them, the manna every morning, and shoes that didn’t wear out—that it wasn’t “their sight” that mattered. It was God’s. To God, the purported giant men and huge walls were like mere particles dust. Moreover, the Lord had made a promise to His people to bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey. And although He’d kept all of His promises to the Israelites so far (notwithstanding all their whining and complaining), they were still too paralyzed to take the land.
Can you relate? Do you have an obstacle in your way right now that seems immovable? A hope-stealing problem that feels overwhelming? Are you feeling paralyzed because it’s just too hard? I’ve been there for sure.
What we need is a fresh perspective. Remember, whatever we are facing, our God is bigger. He is greater and more powerful than anyone or anything standing between us and His promises. In time eternal, He’s already been to the other side, and He knows just how best to get us there. We must simply trust that, in whatever we are facing, we are not the grasshoppers in the situation—our adversity is. We are standing alongside our immense and victorious heavenly Father. And the battle belongs to Him (1 Samuel 17:42)—so let’s hand it over.
He will make a way. Because, sisters. nothing is too hard for Him.
“Lord, when a daunting obstacle is before me, making me feel small and helpless, remind me that I can’t handle it on my own…but nothing is too hard for You.”
encouraged by grace 